Example sentences of "is that [adj] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm And the reason I 've given you that one is that that was drawn in 1675 by David Loggen , and it 's a very , very accurate one , and it 's rather easier to see some of the places I shall be talking about , so I think it 's a nice one for you to have close up . |
| 2 | The second point to note about the Ellis and Bowerman surveys is that neither was concerned with cases of really outstanding creativity , of the kind that have been the subject of individual biographical analyses . |
| 3 | What is clear is that this was all one society , in which the wives — like Mrs Lowndes herself — wrote books or maintained salons , while their husbands were functionaries , some of them much in the public eye as ministers of the Crown , others — like Frederic Lowndes — no less influential and esteemed for operating under wraps , as grey eminences . |
| 4 | The evidence of the students at the college is that this was a clear teacher . |
| 5 | A more flattering explanation is that this was an economic revolt from below . |
| 6 | This is a belief , however , for which the principal evidence is that this was Gandhi 's stated intention . |
| 7 | Easy though it is to criticize Positive Images ' theoretical short-comings , the fact is that this was almost the only group in the country that was addressing these issues at all . |
| 8 | What is certain is that this was a time of decisive advance in the recognition accorded to individual persons . |
| 9 | His explanation for the coming of the prison at that time is that this was ‘ the moment when it became understood that it was more efficient and profitable in terms of the economy of power to place people under surveillance than to subject them to some exemplary penalty ’ ( Foucault , 1990 : 39 ) . |
| 10 | But the suspicion is that this was little more than a public relations exercise . |
| 11 | There was a lack in the degree of integration between these , and our view is that this was unreasonable . ’ |
| 12 | Now this is the first time I 've seen these and I ca n't say whether they 're right , wrong bad of indifferent , All I can say is that this was the intention . |
| 13 | And I as I understand the County Council 's justification , it is that this was what the Secretary of State changed it to in nineteen eighty seven . |